Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based Study
Back ground: pica is craving and compulsive eating of non nutritive substances and it is public health concern because of its deleterious consequences. The condition is particularly associated with pregnancy and incidence varies differently across the world. Pica has been thought to develop in res...
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KARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE
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| author | Aliya nasim Akhter Fasiha Fatima Mohammad Abbas Suleman Sobia Khurram |
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Back ground: pica is craving and compulsive eating of non nutritive substances and it is public health concern because of its deleterious consequences. The condition is particularly associated with pregnancy and incidence varies differently across the world. Pica has been thought to develop in response of some underlying nutritional deficiencies particularly iron and zinc but further evidences and researches are required to confirm this. Engagement in pica behavior can be dangerous for both mother and growing fetus and can lead to growth retardation preterm deliveries and intra uterine death and is usually observed in low income and less educated population , however tradition , culture and religion also has a great influence on this habit.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c568915985e74daaba8d8f143be033712024-01-06T06:10:04ZengKARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGEAnnals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College1563-32412021-12-0126410.58397/ashkmdc.v26i4.250193Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based StudyAliya nasim Akhter0 Fasiha Fatima 1Mohammad Abbas Suleman 2Sobia Khurram 3LCMD/DSH Karachi institute of medical sciences Malir canttLiaquat College of medicine & dentistry /Darul Sehat hospitalDow University of health sciences Back ground: pica is craving and compulsive eating of non nutritive substances and it is public health concern because of its deleterious consequences. The condition is particularly associated with pregnancy and incidence varies differently across the world. Pica has been thought to develop in response of some underlying nutritional deficiencies particularly iron and zinc but further evidences and researches are required to confirm this. Engagement in pica behavior can be dangerous for both mother and growing fetus and can lead to growth retardation preterm deliveries and intra uterine death and is usually observed in low income and less educated population , however tradition , culture and religion also has a great influence on this habit. https://www.annals-ashkmdc.org/index.php/ashkmdc/article/view/250pica, anemia in pregnancy, geophagy |
| spellingShingle | Aliya nasim Akhter Fasiha Fatima Mohammad Abbas Suleman Sobia Khurram Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based Study Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College pica, anemia in pregnancy, geophagy |
| title | Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_full | Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_short | Prevalence Of Pica Among Pregnant Females of Low-Income Population: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_sort | prevalence of pica among pregnant females of low income population a hospital based study |
| topic | pica, anemia in pregnancy, geophagy |
| url | https://www.annals-ashkmdc.org/index.php/ashkmdc/article/view/250 |
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